MID TRIPLE PART 3: 4-3/6-1 DEFENSE

[Mark Kleinpeter]

Please check out the new blog on MID TRIPLE PART 3: 4-3/6-1 DEFENSE at the link below:

www.flexbonenation.com/blog/2015/9/9/mid-triple-part-3-4-36-1-defense


Thanks,
KP

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Great blog post. Very insightful. We have struggled to run this play but feel it can be very beneficial and we are working hard to correct our pitch relationship.
My main question is about a 2i. I understand the logic behind a 3 tech & not running there. Do you treat a 2i like a 3 & prefer not running there or can/would you have PSG down block him similar to slice?
Also, shade side similar/same block as slice?

[Mark Kleinpeter]

Sept 10, 2015 12:40:43 GMT -6 @coachschmidt said:

Great blog post. Very insightful. We have struggled to run this play but feel it can be very beneficial and we are working hard to correct our pitch relationship.
My main question is about a 2i. I understand the logic behind a 3 tech & not running there. Do you treat a 2i like a 3 & prefer not running there or can/would you have PSG down block him similar to slice?
Also, shade side similar/same block as slice?

We will read a 2i out. So you're right, we're going to look at it like it's the 3 tech side. So the PSG will still try to Veer under a 2i. If he gets hung up on the 2nd step, he just tries to mash it. We just need to stay engaged because we know it's going to be a pull/pitch. Main thing is that everyone knows we're reading from a 2i out and make the count correctly.

If the 2i is always staying in A gap and never slanting out or running upfield then we tell the PSG to be smart and just down block him. We would keep him as the Read key. We wouldn't move the read out to the 5 tech if there's a 2i. The problem isn't in reading the 2i, it's the ability of the B-back to run off of him. The B-back has to keep it in the cylinder against a 2i. Against a Shade, then the B-back has the ability to bend the ball playside into B gap and run off the PST's block. I hope that makes sense.

A block against the Shade is similar to a Slice, but on a Slice we're telling the Center to take the BS thigh and the PSG to take the PS thigh of the Nose. Against the Shade, the Center is going to basically Veer release thru the backside hip of the Shade and work vertical to BSLB (or MIKE). The PSG is now taking all of the Shade. It makes it look more like a Scoop block. The Center has to take the jab step with playside foot, so that the Shade will step and engage him.